Joan of Arc was a national hero of France who led the resistance to the English invasion of France in the Hundred Years War. She was born to a peasant family, but believed that it was her 'divine mission' to free her country from the English. She went to the King of France and convinced not only to have audience with her, a peasant girl but to allow her to lead troops on behalf of France. She cut her hair, dressed in a man's uniform, and led French troops to victory in the battle of Orleans in 1429. She was eventually captured by the Burgundians and ransomed by the English where she was put on trial for charges of fraud and witchcraft. However, she was only convicted of wearing male clothes which was an offense against the tenets of the Church, and was therefore, burned alive at the stake. �Children say that people are hung sometimes for speaking the truth.� "Hold the cross high so I may see it through the flames!" - Joan of Arc
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